Tokyo - Day 1

Today (7 Nov in Singapore, it's early 8 nov in tokyo now), I woke up at 4.50am. I didn't really know what time the flight to tokyo was but I just got a shock. We left the house and reached the airport T3 at about 6am. We took off at 7.30am and reached tokyo at about 2pm. All the times I'm going to use, unless otherwise stated will be Singapore time. Tokyo time is 1 hour ahead of Sg.

When we arrived, we took an "airport limousine" to our hotel in Shinjuku. I think it's a shopping and business district like Singapore's CBD area. The English they try to use here is really funny. When we were on the way to the hotel, the person in charge of the bus intercom said something like, "For those who are alighting, please ensure that you leave your luggage behind before alghiting." Jean and I had trouble laughing silently. I think the Japanese around us must have thought we were a few odd foreigners.

Oh ya, we didn't eat lunch, just breakfast on the plane, then dinner at around 6 (tokyo time). The sun here sets at 5 (tokyo time). The streets at the shopping district hve only one lane - for pedestrians. There's even a road shoulder for slower (ageing) walkers like me. The people there are dressed very very formally. The men are almost all in a black suit, white collar shirt and tie. The women are also almost all black with tockings an skirts. When you look at a group of eople, they look like MIB (men in black). There are, of course, a few exceptions like the 4 of my family. The people walk so fast you can easily be collided into. It's like driving a car. I think I need a rear mirror. Once I slow down or stop, I happen to block a whole troop of people behind me.

The temperature today was 20 degrees celsius in the day ad about 17-18 degrees celsius in the night. At night, it was colder with wind chill. I think the weather is going to get colder these few days. Rght now, tokyo seems like a gigantic shopping centre with air conditioning.

Now is about 1.15am tokyo time. Using my dad's laptop to type as there's free internet connection but no free com. The keyboard is super tiny and my fingers keep hitting the wrong keys. Can't aim properly when y eye's are going to close after about 20 hours nonstop. Please excuse any typos..

Rought Itenary (6 nights, 7 days):
First 3 nights: Shopping district
Next 1 night: Visit an rea near Mount Fuji where we'll look at mont fuji but not climb it.
Next 2 nights: Go back to city area, disneyland on last day.

I think I'll only be able to have internet connection for 1st three nights. Next few not so sure as we'll be swtching hotels according to location. Mom is thinking of visiting the fish market at 3am.. that's like a sort nap from now. I hope not..